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Monday, January 7, 2008

The knee was better by New Year's Day ... still sore, but better. By Saturday, the 5th ... everything was back to "normal". I arrived early to the "last" GTS - we did a warm up lap, we stretched, we ran.

Let me mention that I DID NOT want to get out of bed on Saturday morning. It was 30 degrees when I arrived at the church parking lot where the TNT group meets. T-H-I-R-T-Y ... that's below freezing on the Fahrenheit - if you'd rather convert to Celsius ... click here (geek).

Anyway, it was cold, my leg-o's were cold, my finger-o's were cold, my nose, my ears ... you get the idea.

By mile 3, I was getting warmer ... but my nose was running faster than I was.

At mile 4 (the turnaround point for the day, we were only doing eight), I finally reached a comfortable body core temperature (but I had on 3 layers of clothing).

On the way back, I tried a 2/2 pace (run 2 minutes, walk 2 minutes) ... I liked it, it was fun, especially the part when Jim (the runner with the watch) said " ... and, we're running ... and we're walking ... and now we're running, and now we're walking ..." It reminded me of a cruise director somehow - only I wasn't lounging on the Fiesta deck, sipping a daiquiri - oh and it was 30 degrees outside, not 85 - ok, maybe it wasn't so much like a cruise after all.

I finished at close to a 13 minute pace (including water stops) - so I think the 2/2 pace might be a keeper - the 8 miles went by in a flash ... only 18.2 more to go!

As for organizing my legos this week ... I'm doing alot of mental push-ups ... "I can do this, it will hurt, but I can do it". I'm hydrating and eating carbs and making lists.

But perhaps there are a few more legos under the sofa that I haven't found yet ...